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WHITE WATER RAFTING KENYA
Tana River Rafting
Our premiere one day trip ideal for people with a day or
two to spare when visiting Nairobi, or those basing
themselves in the capital (only 100km’s along the Nyeri
Road). This will be an exciting day of thrills (and
often spills) with a great mix of high action whitewater
(up to grade V) interspersed with scenic calm water
where birdlife abounds. Not enough? Why not leap feet
first into a big surfing hole, jump a 30ft waterfall or
swim ‘The Devils Toilet Bowl’ (water level dependant).
A typical day trip starts with you being picked up from
either The Norfolk Hotel or Sarit Centre in Nairobi by
8am. A 1.5hr drive see’s you arriving at Sagana Camp.
Here you can relax with tea/coffee and biscuits before
receiving a comprehensive safety briefing. After signing
a compulsory release and assumption of risk form (place
link to release and assumption of risk form here), we
will then drive up to the put in where you will receive
some final practical training before heading down river.
The trip is either 16km (high water season) or 8km (low
water season) and lasts approximately 4hrs. This varies
greatly due to the water levels and we often find
ourselves rafting 8km one day, then 11km the next due to
rain upstream. The trip takes out at Savage Camp, where
you can enjoy a solar heated shower or relax in the pool
before enjoying a three course barbeque lunch. Trips
depart Savage Camp no later than 5pm for Nairobi to
ensure you arrive back at your pick up point before
dark.
Other options available on the Tana include scenic float
trips from the camp downstream on completely flat water
for those not wishing to experience any whitewater. This
trip lasts 4hrs and takes in the abundant birdlife
inhabiting the lush riverine forests along the river. To
date our guides have recorded over 120 species of birds
on this section. Trips are usually taken by a Kenya
Professional Safari Guide.
New to our repertoire of Tana trips is the full moon
run. This takes in the whitewater section only and lasts
about 3hrs. Please contact us for more details and dates
for full moon run.
Price: 1 Day USD 95/person
Mathioya River Rafting
1-2 Days
The Mathioya is one of the hardest rafting rivers in
Kenya with over 450m of descent over its 22km length.
This is a narrow, technical river. It is fairly low
volume even during the rainy season but contains
serious, sustained grade IV/V whitewater. Previous
experience is required.
We offer a two day package which includes a day on the
Tana then a second, action packed day on the Mathioya
River. The river can only be run during certain water
levels.
The Athi River
Itinerary
If you like multi-day expedition style trips then the
Athi is for you! Flowing through Tsavo National Park, we
raft up to 80km’s of Kenya’s second longest river with
three days and three nights on the river. The river
gives an awesome mixture of relaxing calm water with
game viewing (Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, crocodile and
hippo have all been seen from our boats) and abundant
birdlife interspersed with some great whitewater (up to
grade IV). The trip usually goes out fully self
supported with our guides providing breakfast (full
cooked or cereals/fruit/toast), lunch (a selection of
cold meats and cheeses with bread/salad and fruit) and
dinner (three courses). If a more luxury trip is your
style then vehicle support (at an extra cost) is
available to bring those added necessities.
Day 1: see’s you putting onto the Athi at Kibwezi, a
short drive from the Mombasa road. After our
comprehensive safety briefing, you will set out in the
afternoon to raft the short distance to our first camp,
‘Bushwhacker’s’. Set on a secluded sandbar mid river.
The first night is spent round the campfire listening to
the sounds of Africa and swapping stories with the
guides about the days ahead, L,D.
Day 2: after breakfast and an early start you will soon
reach our first major rapid followed by a few calm
sections interspersed with smaller rapids down to our
lunch spot. This is followed by more rapids and flat
open plains where hopefully you will see some of the
animals native to this area. Late afternoon see’s us
arrive at our second camp ‘scorpion’ on the relatively
unpopulated left bank of the river, B,L,D.
Day 3: Has some of the best rapids with the legendary
‘Vietnam’ taking you through dense undergrowth and
‘crocodile burn up’ providing an awesome hit. After
another fun packed day you will arrive at our final
camp, ‘Hippo’, where you will spend a final night by the
fire relaxing and re living the previous day’s action.
Day 4: we return to Nairobi by around lunch time. B.
- Price: US$ 375/Person
Ewaso Ngi'ro River Rafting
3 Days
This is a similar trip to the Athi, with three days and
nights on the river. The river runs through Samburu
National Park, where both the animals and river are
wilder. Trip length and nature are as for the Athi River
with more serious and sustained water.
This river is very rainfall dependant so contact us for
more information on water levels.
Price: USD 450/person
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